Cafe Society, comrade, not the Pit. Ratchet it back a bit, please.
I can still feel the frustration I had several years ago when one of Jean Auel’s long-awaited books came out. My local bookstore ran out of copies the first hour. I think I had to wait about a month for a copy. The next time, I purchased a $5.00 “pre-buy” card from Hastings, only to be told that “it doesn’t mean we save you a copy” (WTF?) and of course, they had sold out with no more expected for more than a week! I had to go climb up a managers ass to get a refund. So, after I found Harry Potter, I’ve been pre-ordering ever since. Maybe there are plenty of books to go around, but I know for a fact that there’s one on hold just for me.